Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

This documentary film is a tribute to one of the great legends of world cinema, whose extraordinary artistic vision transcended national borders, devising narrative and stylistic solutions that have become part of the language of cinema. The feature film offers an unprecedented portrait of a visionary and deeply cultured man, who lived and breathed cinema from birth, and whose cinematic vision continues to live on and influence the contemporary film world today. Sergio Leone and his cinema are explored in this documentary through the never-before-seen testimonies of those who knew him and those who were inspired by him.